Wikimedia CommonsFintech companies are balancing the scales When we talk about technology changing the world we often hear about how it makes our lives easier, more connected, safer or even healthier. They’re all things we can easily identify with. The internet makes our lives easier, services like Skype and WhatsApp allows us to be more connected – the ...

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Henri Bazin, a university professor and former Haitian minister of finance and economy, died Tuesday at his home in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Turgeau, Haiti’s Nouvelliste newspaper reported. Word of Bazin’s death quickly spread through social media and was confirmed by his friend and former boss, ex-Prime Minister Gerard Latortue of Boca Raton. Bazin served as ...

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Why Robin Williams' son hangs out behind bars San Quentin inmate Curtis Carroll, nicknamed "Wall Street," spends 18 hours a day studying the stock market. He carries a folder labeled "penny stocks" with printouts of his favorite stocks, broken down by how they performed ...

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Yanis Varoufakis, the Greek finance minister, surrounded by journalists in Athens on Monday, shortly after he announced his resignation.By LIZ ALDERMANJuly 6, 2015ATHENS — Greece’s combative finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, abruptly resigned Monday morning in what appeared to be the first move at conciliation by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras toward the country’s creditors after Greek voters’ rejection ...

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Greece's debt crisis sent shivers through American stock markets Monday, a day after Greek voters rejected demands from international creditors for further austerity measures in exchange for a bailout of its bankrupt economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 100 points after the opening bell, at one point hitting its lowest level since early ...

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Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso, left, and China's Finance Minister Lou Jiwei prepare for a meeting at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Saturday, June 6, 2015. Chinese and Japanese finance ministers held talks Saturday to deepen economic cooperation that had been delayed for about two years over strained relations between the ...

Reddit Email Print ReprintUPDATE: This article, originally published at 4:25 p.m. on Thursday, June 4, 2015, has been updated with comment from radio station WGMD. NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- A onetime commentator for CNBC and Fox Business television channels was ordered to pay more than $69,000 and barred from working in finance after ...